Iran, India Discuss Business Ties

EghtesadOnline: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is in India to attend the annual Raisina Dialogue organized by think-tank Observer Research Foundation and meet with top Indian officials, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

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Publish Date:09/January/2019 | 24:36

India Faces Iran Dilemma

EghtesadOnline: The US embargo on Iran's oil shipments has put Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a quandary. If he plays along, India could find itself on the right side of US President Donald Trump on trade, but lose cheap supplies and precious foreign exchange. Oil imports from Iran totaled about $9 billion in the year ended March and substituting some of the contracts with more North American crude will help India lower the $24.5 billion trade surplus it runs with the world’s largest economy, Bloomberg reported.

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Publish Date:21/July/2018 | 11:01

Indian Cabinet Clears MoU With Iran on Trade Remedy Measures

EghtesadOnline: India’s Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its ex-post facto approval to the memorandum of understanding between India and Iran on the establishment of an expert group for taking trade remedy measures to promote cooperation in areas of mutual interest.

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Publish Date:10/April/2018 | 05:37

As Iran, India Forge Deeper Ties, Will US Stand in the Way?

EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed nine bilateral agreements, including an 18-month lease of part of the Iranian port of Chabahar, near the Pakistan border, to India for an $85 million development project during a meeting in New Delhi on Feb. 17.

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Publish Date:03/March/2018 | 10:40

Gadkari Visit Signals India Committed to Strong Ties

EghtesadOnline: New Delhi must work with the government of President Hassan Rouhani to ensure that bilateral irritants in fostering economic ties between the two nations are resolved soon, reads an article published by the US-based think-tank Eurasia Review. According to Financial Tribune, excerpts follow:

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Publish Date:16/August/2017 | 09:39

India’s Chabahar Project Hangs on Diplomatic Talks With US

EghtesadOnline: The trilateral engagement involving India, Iran and Afghanistan discussed during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Iran in May 2016 expanded avenues of trade for India with Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Russia through the International North-South Transportation Corridor.

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Publish Date:24/June/2017 | 08:20

Modi Set to Face Fallout From His 50-Day Cash Promise to India

EghtesadOnline: Short of a miracle, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi will fail to meet his own 50-day deadline to restore order to the country’s economy and ease the hardship faced by ordinary citizens following the chaos of his sudden currency ban.

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Publish Date:31/December/2016 | 13:46

India’s RBI Approved Cash Ban Just Hours Before Modi’s Speech

EghtesadOnline: The board of India’s central bank approved the move to ban high-denomination notes less than three hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the decision in a televised address to the nation.

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Publish Date:29/December/2016 | 18:33

Modi's Rural Supporters May Not Hang On Much Longer

EghtesadOnline: The most ardent supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s surprise currency withdrawal are those you’d least expect: India’s rural poor, who are suffering the most with the prolonged cash shortages.

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Publish Date:28/November/2016 | 10:03

Stranded trucks, unpaid workers: India Inc counts cost of cash crunch

EghtesadOnline: Like millions of Indians fed up with corruption and counterfeiting, Vimal Somani cheered Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's shock move to replace all high-value banknotes. Two weeks on, his business is being hammered by the ensuing cash crunch.

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Publish Date:21/November/2016 | 06:02

May’s Indian Outreach Stumbles as Modi, Tata Play Hard to Get

EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May clashed with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi over migration rules and failed to arrange a meeting with senior figures at Tata Group in a double blow to her three-day visit to India.

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Publish Date:07/November/2016 | 11:15

Militants stage Kashmir attacks as Modi gives annual address

EghtesadOnline: Two armed militants attacked a police station in Indian-ruled Kashmir on Monday, police said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his annual Independence Day speech in the national capital, New Delhi.

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Publish Date:15/August/2016 | 08:24

Modi Gov’t Improving Quality of Growth

EghtesadOnline: The Indian government’s policy focus hasn’t been based on populism, or on boosting cyclical growth through fiscal and monetary stimuli, but rather on repairing the system and initiating structural reforms wherever possible, a rating agency said.

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Publish Date:18/July/2016 | 15:13

Modi Tells Xi Relations Stable, Differences Manageable

EghtesadOnline: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday that relations between their countries have attained stability and momentum in the past year, and that it should enable them to manage their differences and avoid disputes.

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Publish Date:13/October/2019 | 07:08

India's PM, Iran President Discuss Chabahar Project

EghtesadOnline: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday a day before the prime minister addressed the world body.

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Publish Date:28/September/2019 | 13:32

US Says It Won’t Impede India’s Chabahar Project

EghtesadOnline: US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on June 27 told India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Washington would back his country’s plan to develop the Iranian seaport of Chabahar to open up a trade route to Afghanistan that avoids its arch-rival Pakistan.

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Publish Date:01/July/2018 | 06:56

Iran-India relations: A history of peaceful collaboration

EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is on a visit to India this week, repaying a trip by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Tehran in 2016. Before leaving Tehran, Rouhani said relations between the two nations were historical and deep-rooted, and in his first day in India -- in the city of Hyderabad -- on Thursday he went further to emphasize warm relations between Tehran and New Delhi, saying, “Iran and India enjoy historic and cultural relations that are beyond mere political and economic relations,” hinting at an approach rooted in idealism in international relations, especially with India, rather than one rooted in mere realism.

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Publish Date:18/February/2018 | 13:41

Tehran, Delhi Sign 15 Major Deals

EghtesadOnline: India and Iran signed 15 agreements in the presence of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday.

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Publish Date:18/February/2018 | 08:12

India Gets 1st Woman Defense Head in Years Amid Border Woes

EghtesadOnline: Nirmala Sitharaman, who was appointed as India’s first woman defense minister in 35 years, has her task cut out. Deliver on Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s goal of modernizing the nation’s Soviet-era military equipment as border tensions with neighbors China and Pakistan simmer.

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Publish Date:04/September/2017 | 05:57

Path to India Reforms Eased as Modi Turns Enemies Into Friends

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s ability to turn enemies into allies is expected to help kick start controversial labor and land reforms as he expands his authority over the majority of India’s states.

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Publish Date:01/August/2017 | 05:41